Milk-bottle holder.



P. A. GOOD.

MILK BOTTLE HOLDER. APPLoATIoN HLBD huma, 191s.

Patented July 28, 1914,

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PETER A. GOOD, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MILK-BOTTLE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Pate nt.

Patented July 28, 1914.

Application filed January 28, 1913. Serial No. 74.45891.

1 o au, whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, PETER A. Gool), a citizen of the United States, residing in Phila delphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Milk-Bottle Holders, of which the following is a specification..

My invention consists of a receptacle in tended to be placed upon n door step for the reception of one or more milk bottles, one object of my invention being to provide simple and efficient means whereby the bottle, when inserted into the holder, serves i lock the parts of the latter in place and prevent the removal of the bottle from the top of said holder, and a further object is to provide effective means for locking the holder in 'place upon the door step in such manner that it cannot be manipulated so as to permit of the removal of the bottle from the bottom of the holder.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a sectional View of part of a door, door sill and door step wit secured Vin place u on the latter, the parts beingr shown in t e osition occupied by them when the bottle is being inserted into the holder; Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the relation of the parts to one another after the bottle has been thus inserted; Fig. 3 is a view of the lower portion of the holder illustrating the manner in which the bottle is removed therefrom after the holder has been taken from the door step, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a locking plate whereby the holder is, when the door is closed, retained in a certain position in respect to the door and door step.

In the drawing, 1 represents part of a door step, 2 the door sill, and 3 part of the door. The bottle holdercomprises a back 4, opposite sides a front (i, a to; 8 and a bottom 9. The front 6 is pivoted, at 7, to the opposite sides 5 und the top 8 is secured to or formed in one piecewith the front 6. The bottom 9 is pivoted at l0 to the op posite sides 5 and has a flange 11 overlapping the hack 4, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The front 6 and top 8 are stifiened at the edges by means of flanges 6 and 8* which meetl at the angle between the top and front, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. and are disposed on the inner sides of the side plates 5 of the body. Secured to and projecting inwardly from the front plate (i ,below the pivot 7 is a cam 12 consisting, in the present/instance, of a piece of bent wire, and securedto and milk bottle holder l from the front 4 of side of the same, is a projecting outwardl the holder, near eac lug 13 to which is connected one end of a chain 14 whose other end is connected to e0 one of the outer corners of a curved plate 15 which bridges the door sill 2 andhas at its inner end an opstanding flan e 16.

The bottom of the holder 1s normally retained in position by means of a vhook 17 e5 pivoted to a roJec-ting eye 18 on the flange 11 of said ottom and engaging with a staple 19 projecting from the front of the holder, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

yThe empty holder is placed- 'upon the 70 door step when the door 3 is open and the locking plate 15 is adjusted so as to bridge the door sill, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the inner end of said plate being then so far below the to of the sill that the rejecting flan e 16 wil not interfere with t e closing of t e door over the plate, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. If any attempt is made to remove Vthe holder from the door step, however, the

plate 15 will bedrawn forwardly over the 80 sill and the flange 16 will contact with the inner side of the. door, and thus effectually prevent such removal. The locking plate also prevents the holder from being lifted to such an extent as to permit of the open 85 ing of the bottom 9, or the lifting of the holder from the bottle if said holder is open at the bottom.

When the holder is empty' the front plate can be swung outward so as to uncover the 00 top of the holder and permit 0f the introduction of the milk bottle therein, as shown in Fig. 1. but as soon as the bottom of the bottle strikes the top of the cam 12 the-lower portion 0f the front 6 of the holder is 95 v`mitwardly and the upper portion and top 8 y, are thrust inwardly so that by the time the bottle reaches the bottom of the holder, as

shown in Fig. 2. the top will `be fully closed,

the bottle occupying a position between the 10o back 4 of the holder and the inner face of the cam 12 so as to prevent any swinging,r movement of the front fl which would uncover the top of the holder and permit access to the bottle. and the holder taken indoors the bottom -9 can be readily released and the bottle withdrawn from the holder. as shown in Figa-3.

I am aware that prior to my invention milk bottle holders have been devised in 11o which -the bottle on being introduced into the holder acts upon a cam on the swinging front When the door 3 has been opened 105 plate of said holder and moves said plate, and a top plate carried thereby, to locking position and I am also aware that a bottle holder on the step has been connected to an anchoring device inside the door by a connection passing between the door` and door sills My invention, therefore, so far as the bottle holder is concerned, relies for its nov elty uponthe simplicity and cheapness of construction of Said holder, and the anchor ing device relies for its novelty upon the security which it aiords as compared with the devices previously employed for this purv pose.

l; claim;

il, The combination of a door and dooi` frame, 'with a. .milk bottle holder having :i body with pivoted front carrying the top of the holder and having an internally projectingeoni which, by engagement with an inserted bottle, locks said front and top members in closed position, said holder also having a drop bottom, und means perrnan nently connected to the ,body of the holder and under control of thedoor whereby when the door is closed said bottle holder is anchored vertically in position upon the door Ste 1 2f? The combination of a milk bottle holder having a drop bottom with an inflexible an Chor plate connected thereto and constructed to bridge the door sill iid to position between the same and the bottom of the closed door, said anchor plete having at its .inner end a projecting flange which permits the 375 door to swing over it `hut prevents Withrawal of the plate when the door is closed. ln testimony whereof, l, have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

PETERIA. GOOD, Witnesses z KATE A. BEADLE, HAMnxroN D. TURNER. 

